Tone and Mood

Tone and Mood

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Open Ended

If I were to start screaming at you to pay attention, how would you feel?

Open Ended

If I were to gently remind you to pay attention, how would you feel?

Tone (Copy into composition notebook)

• The author’s attitude or feelings about what is going on in the story

• inferred

Mood

• The feeling the the reader gets from the story

• mood is usually similar to the tone.

Multiple Select

If my tone is angry the mood would be...

• anxious

• upset

• calm

• worried

• relaxed

Multiple Select

If my tone is gentle the mood would be...

• anxious

• upset

• calm

• worried

• relaxed

Open Ended

How do books create a mood?

Open Ended

How do movies create a mood?

Poll

Which mood was more intense?

• movies

• books

Multiple Choice

What created this more intense mood?

• the scenery

• the descriptive words

• the music

• the lighting

Open Ended

List all of the things that the film makers used to change the mood of this clip.

Multiple Choice

Describe the mood of this passage...

He burst into the room, gulping to catch his breath as he shared the horrible news: “I just saw someone smash into Mrs. Huff’s car in the parking lot.”

• panicked

• excited

• humerous

• uncaring

Multiple Choice

Describe the tone of the author...

Laughing, he joked to his friend, “I just saw someone smash into Mrs. Huff’s car in the parking lot.”

• panicked

• excited

• humerous

• uncaring

Multiple Choice

Describe the tone of the author...

He strolled up to his friend’s locker and mumbled “I just saw someone smash into Mrs. Huff’s car in the parking lot.”

• panicked

• excited

• humerous

• uncaring

Multiple Choice

Describe the tone of the author...

He strolled up to his friend’s locker and mumbled “I just saw someone smash into Mrs. Huff’s car in the parking lot.”

• panicked

• excited

• humerous

• uncaring